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COVID-19: OKOWA RECOUNTS EXPERIENCE, INSISTS ON HYGEINE PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE

Posted by admin on Saturday, 18 July 2020 in News 702 Reads

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/ GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHAEL Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State who recounted his experience with COVID-19 attack said that more than three members of his family contracted the virus. The governor, at a family thanksgiving at the Government House Chapel, Asaba, said God’s mercy saw the First Family through the challenge. Reiterating that COVID-19 was real, ...

Rights activist applauds Delta Assembly over commumty security Corps bill

Posted by admin on Saturday, 18 July 2020 in News 698 Reads

...calls for ease of curfew in Delta Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) on Thursday applauded the Delta State House of Assembly for allowing the Delta Community Security Corps Agency bill pass through the second reading in the house. The group said if the bill is finally passed into law, it will help in maintaining ...

Tidi mourns as Ireyefoju passes on

Posted by admin on Friday, 17 July 2020 in News 698 Reads

Rev. Dr. Jackson Ireyefoju. Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Dr. Michael Tidi, has mourned the death of respected academician and Christian cleric, Rev. Dr. Jackson Ireyefoju. Dr. Ireyefoju reportedly died last night after decades of an illustrious career as a university teacher and preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. In a condolence message, Dr. ...

Okowa Appoints Permanent Secretaries

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 15 July 2020 in News 679 Reads

DELTA State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa has approved the appointment of five Permanent Secretaries in the state’s civil service. According to a statement signed by the Director of Information in the state, Mr Dona Obuseh, those appointed include Momah Nkwor Daniel Friday as Solicitor General/Permanent Secretary, Aghedo Emmanuel Chukwuka, Dr Bragiwa Moses Onoriode E, Agamah ...

Gbenekama, Gbaramatu Spokesman Hails Tompolo’s Victory At Federal High Court, Lagos

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 15 July 2020 in News 594 Reads

The oil-rich Niger Delta Region was on Wednesday thrown into jubilation when the High Court, Lagos discharged and acquitted ex-warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo of all charges levelled against him by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ). Tompolo who is highly respected in the country, especially in the oil rich Niger Delta Region ...

EXCITEMENT, RISING HOPES AS WARRI/EFFURUN MASTER DRAINAGE PROJECT TAKES SHAPE

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 15 July 2020 in News 653 Reads

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHAEL Comr. Ovuozourie Macaulay, Director General, Warri/Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency (WUEDA) has affirmed that the master drainage project for the area was going on as scheduled. Comr. Macaulay, former Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG) who fielded questions from journalists in Warri after a visit to the project sites said ...

COVID-19: Delta Records 33 New Cases, Total Now 1,392

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 15 July 2020 in News 615 Reads

Delta State has recorded 33 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases recorded in the state to 1392. The spread of novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in Delta touched a new milestone as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed Delta has 1392 confirmed cases. On the 8th ...

ON THE IG OF POLICE TENURE FIXED – THE SENATE NEEDS TO REVERSE THEIR ACTION

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 14 July 2020 in News 663 Reads

By Zik Gbemre With regard to the recent report that the occupants of the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Nigeria, will now spend only term of 4 years, which is because the Senate has just passed a bill that will make the tenure of office of the IGP by a single four-year ...

Okowa, family test negative for COVID-19

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 14 July 2020 in News 753 Reads

Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Edith and daughter have tested negative to COVID-19. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, made this known in a statement in Asaba on Tuesday, and said that other members of the First Family also tested negative to the virus. Ifeajika recalled that the governor and his ...

Marginalization: Tidi counsels Itsekiri group to deploy dialogue

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 14 July 2020 in News 581 Reads

Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Dr. Michael Tidi, has counselled the Movement for the Development of Itsekiri Oil/Gas Producing Communities, MDIOGPC, against threats to ground the oil and gas industry in the country over perceived marginalization. Dr. Tidi explained in a statement made available to National Reformer in Warri, that executing the threat in ...

EDO 2020: BETWEEN OBASEKI AND HIS LIKELY SUCCESSOR

Posted by admin on Monday, 13 July 2020 in Opinion 1062 Reads

I am an ardent follower of Nigerian politics, especially the because of its murky nature. Having read series of write ups on the emerging political brouhaha between Obaseki and his ousted god-father in Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, I have come to an un-researched conclusion that politicians in Nigeria would stop at nothing to get what ...

Okowa condoles with Isoko nation, NBA over passing of Okpakpor

Posted by admin on Monday, 13 July 2020 in News 532 Reads

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed sadness at the passing of renowned lawyer and politician, Chief Patrick Okpakpor. The deceased popularly known as A.P.J Okpakpor, died on Friday night after a protracted illness. He was 78. Okpakpor hails from Otor-Iyede in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state. He was Commissioner for Finance in ...

Okowa congratulates Gov. Udom at 54

Posted by admin on Sunday, 12 July 2020 in News 566 Reads

Governor Emmanuel Udom Delta Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated his Akwa Ibom counterpart, Mr Udom Emmanuel, as he clocks 54 years. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, commended the governor for his industrialisation agenda of Akwa Ibom, describing him as a core professional and indefatigable administrator. He hailed ...

COVID-19: Discharged Aniagwu recounts experience

Posted by admin on Saturday, 11 July 2020 in News 531 Reads

The Commissioner for Information in Delta, Mr Charles Aniagwu, recently discharged from COVID-19 isolation after testing positive for the virus, has recounted his experience. Speaking to Channels Television’s 'News Across Nigeria', Aniagwu thanked Deltans and other Nigerians who prayed fervently for his recovery, and explained that he voluntarily went for the test having been in the ...

MACAULAY FELICITATES WITH OKOWA @ 61

Posted by admin on Friday, 10 July 2020 in News 554 Reads

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/GODWIN AYOBAMI RACHAEL Comr. Ovuozourie Macaulay, former Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG) has felicitated with Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State as he clocks 61 years. Comr. Macaulay in a congratulatory message he personally signed said that though the birthday is once a year, he celebrates the governor every day because of his ...

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